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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.oz.net!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pentium Pro Compatibility? Date: 17 Jan 1996 16:59:08 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4dj9ss$6ri@helena.MT.net> References: <4dc4al$btp@makai.maui.net> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <4dc4al$btp@makai.maui.net>, John Catchings <jcatch@hula.maui.net> wrote: >We are looking at the Gateway 2000 and Micron Pentium Pro (686) 200 mhz >computers for our new FreeBSD server. The Micron uses the Intel Orion >Core Logic chipset. > >We have heard there may be problems with these cpus and FreeBSD. One of the key designers of the P6, ie; Pentium Pro runs FreeBSD on it for fun, so I *doubt* highly that there are CPU problems. Also, the next generation hardware for wcarchive.cdrom.com is a P6 which is working great. However, the PCI chipset for the P6 have problems, but it's not a CPU problem. Also, the chipset problems aren't show stoppers, but it does mean you're aren't getting maximum performance. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth